About This Film
An isolated castle on the Eastern European coast. Kurt (Christopher Lee), the older son of Count Menliff (Gustavo De Nardo), was in marriage preparations with Nevenka (Daliah Lavi). However, Kurt had an affair with Tania, the daughter of Menliffs' servant Giorgia (Harriet Medin), and Tania committed suicide because of Kurt's prospective marriage. Count Menliff rejected Kurt and he left the castle. Meanwhile, Nevenka married Cristiano (Tony Kendall), Kurt's younger brother.
One day, Kurt arrives at the castle, superficially to celebrate Cristiano and Nevenka but in fact he is to reclaim his title and fortune, which supposedly also includes Nevenka. During an evening on the beach and following a session of flogging and sex, masochistic Nevenka understands that she is still in love with Kurt. Frustrated, she does not return to the castle and is eventually found unconscious by the butler Losat (Luciano Pigozzi). On the same night, Kurt is killed under curious circumstances, with the same dagger Tania had committed suicide with. Now, Kurt is dead but a series of events hints that his ghost has started to haunt the castle for revenge.
Film Details
Director
Mario Bava
Writers
Ugo Guerra, Ernesto Gastaldi, Luciano Martino
Tags
Keywords
Murder
Psychotronic Film
Death
Sadism
Surprise Ending
Stabbed To Death
Dead Body
Stabbing
Beach
Adultery
Whipping
Family Relationships
Looking At Oneself In A Mirror
Sadist
Castle
Funeral
Camera Shot Of Feet
Coffin
Close Up Of Eyes
Ghost
Discovering A Dead Body
Murderess
Whip
Horseback Riding
19th Century
Camera Shot Of Eyes
Death Of Father
Finding A Dead Body
Dagger
Aristocrat
Crypt
Tomb
Unhappy Marriage
Stabbed In The Throat
Violent Man
Stabbed In The Neck
Female Whipping
Multiple Deaths
Multiple Murders
Sadistic Man
Nobleman
Domestic Violence
Biting Someone
Masochism
French Giallo
Costume Horror
Mud
Loss Of Daughter
Open Coffin
S&m
Also Known As
Night Is the Phantom, What!, Whip and the Body, The Whip and the Body, Der Mörder von Schloß Menliff, The Whip and the Flesh, Le corps et le fouet, El cuerpo y el látigo, Het Gegeseld Lichaam, Original title: La frusta e il corpo